Second order Cybernetics considers the impact that the observer has on the system being observed…. as such it covers all most all aspects of human endeavor.
In effect, those involved in second order cybernetics have turned the principles of cybernetics upon the field of cybernetics itself. In order to qualify as second-order cybernetics, the observer of a system must be described and explained — the explanation can not be based purely on the system observed as if the observer did not exist.
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The notion of a system may be seen as simply a more self-conscious and generic term for the dynamic interrelatedness of components.
Von Bertalanffy
General Systems Theory is closely related to Cybernetics… this lens concentrates on the former but also examines the relationship and where the two fields overlap and can be used to give better insight into the workings of complex and emerging systems.
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Educational Cybernetics is concerned with improving both formal educational ventures and learning conversations.It is based on Cybernetics – the science of communication and control – but is often influenced by the more general System Sciences including the thoeries surrounding embedded systems (ecological) modeling.
It is normally approached through the form of “action research” and should be considered as part of the sphere of Second Order Cybernetics as studying education systems is of course the studying of people systems and the process of studying systems we are in causes the systems and us to change.
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A look at Invention and Innovation over the ages — with a special focus on construction and control of complex systems.
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A simple view of Cybernetics is as the science of communications and control in animal and machine.
Cybernetics, and the related domain of systems science , is the study all forms of “organized complexity”, that is how different components can be assembled in a way that is neither random nor repetitive so as to form a “system”.
Pursued to its logical conclusion, this is a study about how a system of components can arranged in such a way as to fulfill a certain purpose. In this sense, Cybernetics is the study of viable system organization
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This lens is based on a very simple premise….that Management does indeed matter, each of its modules looks at a different aspect of management that inturn matters to the overall practice of effective management.
While the aim of this lens is not to provide a TOE of Management (thats theory of everything!) a connection of this kind of thought is going to have to be taken into anything that does profess to be such a creation…. and nothing from the theorists, as yet, has come anywhere close.
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This lens is based on a very simple premise….that Management does
indeed matter, each of its modules looks at a different aspect of
management that inturn matters to the overall practice of effective
management.
While the aim of this lens is not to provide a TOE of Management (thats theory of everything!)
a connection of this kind of thought is going to have to be taken into
anything that does profess to be such a creation…. and nothing from
the theorists, as yet, has come anywhere close.
Tags: management
